Managing Information by Shane Harris, Government Executive, August 18. "The whole Iraq misadventure calls into question the very concept of a National Intelligence Estimate," says Steven Aftergood of the Federation of American Scientists. "In retrospect, we would have been better off if each agency . . . produced its own estimate. The profound differences of opinion . . . would then have had a better chance to be aired and evaluated."

As Defense Chief in 1992, Cheney Opposed Intelligence Czar by Walter Pincus, The Washington Post, August 6. "While he was defense secretary in 1992, Vice President Cheney said he would recommend a presidential veto of a bill that would have established a director of national intelligence with authority over the Pentagon's intelligence-collection activities."

Cheney Opposed Intelligence Post in '92 by Deb Riechmann, Associated Press, August 6. "As defense secretary, Dick Cheney urged a presidential veto of legislation that would have given a national intelligence director budget authority over spy agencies run by the Pentagon."